Rail-joint.



No. 777,494. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

E. GAHA.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,494, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed August 12, 1904. Serial No. 220,499. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, RUnoLr Cami, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-llungary, residing at lVlcKeesport, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in rail-joints, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby the ends of two sections of rails may be secured together without the use of nuts and bolts.

Another object of my invention is to provide novel means for supporting the ends of two railsections upon the ties forming part of a road bed, and in conjunction with my improved rail-joint I construct means for supporting two rail-sections adjacent to each other, means being provided to permit the expansion and contraction of the rails and at the same time preventing any lateral movement of the sections of rails which would cause the rollingstock traveling over the same to become displaced.

Briefly described, my improved rail -joint comprises a chair the one side of which carries an integral lislrplate, and upon saidchair is adapted to be secured an auxiliary chair in which the ends of the rail-sections are placed, this auxiliary chair also having an integral fish-plate upon its one side and provided with means upon its base to engage in the chair of the rail-joint. i

All of the above construction will be here inafter more fully described and claimed, and in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, like numerals of reference will be used to indicate like parts througl'lout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is an end view of my improved rail-joint, showing a section of a rail mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved. rail-joint, showing two sections of rails placed therein. Fig. 3 is an end view of a modified form of construction of my improved rail-joint. Fig. 4c is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the auxiliary chair. spcctive view of the chair which is adapted to support the auxiliary chair and rail-section. diefcrring to the drawings accompanying this application, the re'l'erenceaiumeral 1 indicates the base of a chair, which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The one edge of this base is provided with an upwardly-turned flange 2, and adjacent to the other edge of said base is formed an integral fish-plate, which extends upwardly for a short distance, as indicated at 3, inwardly, as indicated at 4:, and upwardly, as indicated at 5, the inward and upward portions of the lishplate being adapted to engage the head 6, the web 7, and the base 8 of the rail-sections which are to be supported within said chair. The reference-numeral 9 indicates a slot which is cut in the base 1 adjacent to the inner side ofthe upwardly-extending portion 3:) of the lislrplate, this slot being beveled upon its one side, as indicated at 10, and a flange 11 is formed between the outer side'ot' the upwardly-extending portion 3 of the fish-plate and the edge of the base 1, whereby the chair may be secured upon the ties of theroad-bcd. The auxiliary chair, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, consists of a base portion 12, which upon its one edge is provided with a depending flange 14:, the one side of which is beveled, as indicated at 15, to an angle corrcsponding in degree to the beveled side 10 of the slot 9, and upon the opposite side of the base 12 is formed an integral fish-plate, this fish-plate extending upwardly, as indicated at 16, for a short distance, and then inwardly, as indicated at 17, and then upwardly, as indicated at 18, the lish-plate being adapted to engage the top of the base 8, thewcb 7, and the under faceof the head of the rail-section when the rail is resting upon the top of the base 1.2. When it is desired to place two rail-sections in my improved rail-joint, the chair 12 is placed upon the one side of the two rail-sections, each rail-section resting upon the base 12 being engaged by the fish-plate of the auxiliary chair. The auxiliary chair carrying the rail-sections is then placed in the chair '1, the flange 14 of the aiiixlliary chair engaging in the slot 9, and the fish-plate carried by the Fig. 6 is a perchair will engage and support the other side of the rail from thatsupported by the fishplate of the chair 1%.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings I have shown the depending flange 14 and the slot 9 of the base 1 as having their sides formed vertically, the beveled side of the flange 14 being dispensed with. I

From the above construction it will be seen that it will be impossible for the rail-sections to become disjoined or any lateral movement of the same permitted, and it will also be observed that When the chair has been secured upon the rails and ties of the road-bed or upon the ballast thereof the rail-sections which are supported within the auxiliary chair may be easily and quickly secured therein.

It will be noted that various slight changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a rail-joint, a main chair comprising a base provided on its upper face along one edge with a flange and having a longitudinal groove adjacent the opposite edge, one of the side walls of said groove being vertical and the other side Wall being at an angle to the vertical, a fish-plate integral with said base and projecting upwardly and lying over the groove, and said base having a flange projecting beyond the fish-plate, combined with an auxiliary chair comprising a base, having a depending flange along one edge, the side walls of said flange formed to correspond to and fit with the side walls of the groove, the opposite edge of the base engaging the inner wall of the upwardly-extending flange of the base-plate of the main chair, and a fish-plate formed integral with the base-plate of the auxiliary chair, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLF CAHA.

Witnesses:

JAs. V. MoMAsTERs K. H. BUTLER. 

